• Just got home from a party. Outlining this week’s blog posts. #
• Posted ‘My Crazy Stand Partner’ to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/570167 #
• Uploading some video and sketching out more video blog posts for the week. #
• Heading for bed after a long day of playing bass, hanging with friends, and blogging. #
• Heading out for the last run of 2007. #
• Enjoying a relaxing New Year’s Eve. Getting ready to play a gig later tonight. #

• My Crazy Stand Partner
  Jason chats about a very entertaining stand partner he works with, plus offers some advice for keepi
  (tags: jasonheath artsaddict classical music humor orchestra orchestral pit)
• oboeinsight » Blog Archive » Weirdest Music News of All
  via oboeinsight: “Daily Observations blogger Charles Noble writes about and has a link to “weird classical music news” in the Seattle Times. I’m with him…”
  (tags: oboeinsight noble viola seattle symphony)
• The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog
  Six years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, airport security remains a theater of the absurd. The changes put in place following the September 11th catastrophe have been drastic, and largely of two kinds: those practical and effective, and those irrati
  (tags: blogs law new news politics privacy Security stupid travel)
• Sticks and Drones: BREAKING NEWS!!! - Drug Scandal hits Classical Music!
  We here at SticksandDrones take our reporting on the Classical music scene very seriously. So it is with a very heavy heart that I report that a major drug scandal has hit our beloved profession. Read on…
  (tags: sticksanddrones classical music blog humor insidethearts)
• Butts In The Seats: Honolulu Symphony Musicians Play Though Promised No Pay
  This is a great post from Joe Patti outlining the situation in Honolulu (playing with no paychecks for the last few weeks). It’s interesting to note how significantly The Lion King affected ticket symphony sales (adversely) for the past several months.
  (tags: joe patti buttsinseats honolulu symphony payroll)
• Happy New Year from Guy Tuneh and Contrabass Conversations!
  Jason thanks readers, listeners, and viewers for being a part of the Bass Blog and Contrabass Conver
  (tags: guy tuneh doublebass double bass israel germany virtuoso tchaikovsky rococo variation)
• Adaptistration: Brian Dickie Joins Inside The Arts
  Inside The Arts continues to grow and today marks the addition of the newest blog: Brian Dickie, Life as General Director of Chicago Opera Theater.
  (tags: adaptistration insidethearts blog blogging classical music)
• Wedding & Honeymoon on Kauai 2007 - a photoset on Flickr
  My Kauai wedding photos. Ahhh, Kauai….
  (tags: kauai hawaii wedding photos jason heath)

The December crush of activity has finally ebbed–only one more New Year’s gig to do this week, and I’m done with performances for a week or two.

After a solid six weeks of wall-to-wall gigs, I’m ready for a break. I’ve really dialed back the driving this year (becoming slightly less of a road warrior than before), but December has still been extremely busy, with Messiah and Nutcrackers scribbled into my calendar most days of the week.

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Jason chats about a very entertaining stand partner he works with, plus offers some advice for keeping relations with your colleagues cordial in the orchestral environment.

• Wrapping up this week’s podcast. #
• Checking in with what’s happening in the music blogosphere. #
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• Publishing this week’s podcast with Owen Lee. #
• Playing Orange Box on Xbox with Courtney. #
• I’ve got an early rehearsal at Symphony Center today. Playing lots of waltzes and polkas all day today. #
• Looking forward to a fun day of playing Strauss. #